Bradford stats according to Grantland

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IMO that's on Kelly.

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It's also interesting that according to the article Bradford is the least blitzed and one of the least pressured QBs in the league. Our Lying Eyes makes us question those statistics, but it may be that we are seeing discomfort from Bradford in the pocket which is not warranted.

[IronEagle]

IMO that's on Kelly.

Agree, but shouldn't there be a better option for Bradford to go to in those situations?

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The article suggests that, because Bradford cannot stretch the defenses downfield Chip is trying to stretch them wide.

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Should be

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Is it Bradford that can't stretch the defense or is it the receivers who can't do it against good DBs?

He threw it downfield against the Foreskins.

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He's 26 for 70 on passes over 10 yards in the air. If for instance you included as completions on passes over 10 yards all 15 drops (which we know is not the case) that's still only a completion percentage of 58%. I'm underwhelmed by the receivers but I'm inclined to guess where the preponderance of the problem lies.

[Melchior]

I am convinced a large part of the drops are on Bradford. It would be one thing if only one receiver was having the drops... but they all are. I'd even go so far as to say a lot of these "drops" are good efforts by the receivers to get their hands on a pass that is difficult to catch.

I think Bradford is off mentally.

This is nonsense. They catch balls from a jugs machine which fires them just as fast as Bradford would. The receivers suck. That's why they're dropping balls.

Bradford has also mostly sucked, but you can't blame him for receivers not catching balls within their catch radius. You just can't.

[Big Little]

From PFF:

Bradford has thrown for 208 yards in the air on dropped passes (1st) and 9.1% of all his aimed passes have been dropped (1st)
Of WRs in the 50th percentile of targets, Matthews has the second worst drop rate: 13.33% of catchable passes

Bradford has thrown two interceptions targeting Matthews, both have come on drops

Of all 174 WRs with at least one target, Huff is the most sure handed with a drop rate of 7.14%, tied for 94th (no other Eagles WR is in the top 100)

Of TEs in the 50th percentile of targets, Ertz has the third worst drop rate: 11.11% of catchable passes

Celek is the only player on the team without a drop and has a season total of 7 targets

Sproles and Murray combine for 237 routes run and 57 targets, more than any single RB or RB tandem. their drop rates are 15.38% and 11.54%, worst and 5th worst, respectively, among RBs in the 50th percentile of targets

Mathews, although only targeted 15 times (all catchable), has dropped 20% of those targets

not counting drops, spikes, and throwaways, Bradford has the 11th highest completion percentage among QBs, 76.8%
the entire offense has dropped 12.82% of Bradford's 195 catchable passes

I am not saying Bradford is the answer but these drops are unacceptable.

[Melchior]

From PFF:

Bradford has thrown for 208 yards in the air on dropped passes (1st) and 9.1% of all his aimed passes have been dropped (1st)
Of WRs in the 50th percentile of targets, Matthews has the second worst drop rate: 13.33% of catchable passes

Bradford has thrown two interceptions targeting Matthews, both have come on drops

Of all 174 WRs with at least one target, Huff is the most sure handed with a drop rate of 7.14%, tied for 94th (no other Eagles WR is in the top 100)

Of TEs in the 50th percentile of targets, Ertz has the third worst drop rate: 11.11% of catchable passes

Celek is the only player on the team without a drop and has a season total of 7 targets

Sproles and Murray combine for 237 routes run and 57 targets, more than any single RB or RB tandem. their drop rates are 15.38% and 11.54%, worst and 5th worst, respectively, among RBs in the 50th percentile of targets

Mathews, although only targeted 15 times (all catchable), has dropped 20% of those targets

not counting drops, spikes, and throwaways, Bradford has the 11th highest completion percentage among QBs, 76.8%
the entire offense has dropped 12.82% of Bradford's 195 catchable passes

I am not saying Bradford is the answer but these drops are unacceptable.

Now THOSE are some horrifying statistics.

[Big Little]

What's wrong, we only have the worst catching RB/TE/WR in the league.. ugh

Never seen as many drops by any NFL team in a long ass time.

But let's keep piling on Sam as if he should be passing and catching his own balls.

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This is nonsense. They catch balls from a jugs machine which fires them just as fast as Bradford would. The receivers suck. That's why they're dropping balls.

Bradford has also mostly sucked, but you can't blame him for receivers not catching balls within their catch radius. You just can't.

Badford is off mentally. He's making bad decisions and putting the ball in places where it is difficult to catch. Also he can't throw the ball more than 10 yards down the field. Maybe he is afraid to try.

[Melchior]

Badford is off mentally. He's making bad decisions and putting the ball in places where it is difficult to catch. Also he can't throw the ball more than 10 yards down the field. Maybe he is afraid to try.

I'm not sure if you're trolling me or being serious.

I agree he's been bad, but you can't possibly deny the ineptitude of these skill players.

[IronEagle]

What's wrong, we only have the worst catching RB/TE/WR in the league.. ugh

Never seen as many drops by any NFL team in a long ass time.

But let's keep piling on Sam as if he should be passing and catching his own balls.

The receivers didn't throw those interceptions.

[Melchior]

The receivers didn't throw those interceptions.

How about the ones that bounced off of their hands?